Avogadro, Amedeo
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Avogadro, Amedeo
(ov″ŏ-god′rō)Italian physicist and chemist, 1776–1856.
Avogadro law
Equal volumes of gases at the same pressure and temperature contain equal numbers of molecules.
Avogadro number
The number of molecules, 6.0221367×1023, in one gram molecular weight of a compound.
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